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by SECProto 2062 days ago
> I would consider an illness "eradicated" if the vaccine is no longer regularly given

Fair enough. I would consider a virus eradicated when the general population gives zero thought to it, and effectively no one dies from it. Doesn't meet the strict medical definition, but I thought the description of "If we get to a point where there's a stable number of daily deaths then we're good" was overly pessimistic.